Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program

LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:

NEWS:
TROPICAL STORM KAREN - A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS...LAKE MAUREPAS...OR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF GRAND ISLE TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA...METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS...LAKE MAUREPAS...AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.
St. Mary Now: Tour du Teche Starts Friday
Louisiana Sportsman: All state-operated WMAs, refuges to remain open during federal shutdown
PR Web: Mind of the Maker Films Grants Top Sponsorship to University for Major Documentary, Hollywood Meets Higher Ed
The Advocate: Muddy water key to Spillway catches
Daily Comet: Alligator hunters out in full force in Bayou Black
Louisiana Sportsman: Revived passion
Save the Date
LDWF Commission Meeting set for 9:30 AM on Thursday, October 3, 2013
Iberville Swamp Life Expo on October 5, 2013
11th Annual Atchafalaya Catfish Festival on October 10 - 12, 2013, Melville, LA
KLFY: Tour du Teche set for October
Evangeline Area Council Boy Scouts 4th Annual Basin Sweep - November 2, 2013. Click here to register.

Checking the water:
The information below is obtained from the USGS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has been compiled by DNR into this format to allow a quick look at information pertinent to the Atchafalaya Basin. Click here for current weather conditions and water levels.

Data is for 10/3/2013

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.

Mississippi River at Cairo
Location: Southernmost gauge on the Ohio River in Illinois Reading significance - used to forecast rises on the Mississippi. Lag time, 4 to 6 days.
Flood Stage: 40'
Stage: 9.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.5' by 10/7

Mississippi River, just south of ORCS, at Red River Landing
Reading: Mississippi River south of ORCS, after the diversion into the Atchafalaya
Flood Stage: 48'
Stage: 18.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.8' by 10/7

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 6.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.0' by 10/7

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 2.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.9' by 10/7

Atchafalaya River, just south of ORCS, at Simmesport
Reading: The combined latitudinal flows of the Red, Black, Ouachita, and ORCS flow from the Mississippi
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 6.37'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.4' by 10/7

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 4.14'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 4.14' by 10/7
Dense Fog Advisory

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 3.65'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.5' by 10/7
Dense Fog Advisory

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 3.31'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.33' by 10/7
Dense Fog Advisory

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 2.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.6' by 10/7

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.66'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.7' by 10/7
Dense Fog Advisory

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.55'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.8' by 10/7
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Dense Fog Advisory

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.54'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.52'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.33'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 3.09'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.71'

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.40'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 5.13'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 9.04'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.91'